Table 2 Attribution Questionnaire factor scores according to vignette role and psychiatric history

Responsibility Mean (SD)

No mental illness

Mental illness

2.24 (0.68)

2.00 (0.61)

0.007

2.21 (0.56)

2.06 (0.51)

0.069

2.29 (0.62)

2.04 (0.61)

0.008

2.43 (0.67)

2.06 (0.55)

<  0.001

Pity

Mean (SD)

No mental illness

Mental illness

3.24 (0.60)

3.36 (0.75)

0.16

2.48 (0.81)

2.90 (0.68)

< 0.001

2.34 (0.77)

2.96 (0.69)

<  0.001

2.62 (0.81)

2.99 (0.76)

0.001

Anger

Mean (SD)

No mental illness

Mental illness

1.49 (0.66)

1.57 (0.62)

0.001

1.58 (0.65)

1.85 (0.79)

0.014

1.60 (0.63)

1.72 (0.68)

0.241

1.84 (0.93)

1.83 (0.82)

0.952

Dangerousness

Mean (SD)

No mental illness

Mental illness

2.33 (0.55)

2.55 (0.55)

0.003

2.07 (0.63)

2.48 (0.58)

< 0.001

2.13 (0.62)

2.34 (0.56)

0.016

2.38 (0.66)

2.66 (0.61)

0.003

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Mean (SD)

No mental illness

Mental illness

3.96 (0.85)

4.01 (0.84)

0.661

3.50 (0.88)

3.62 (0.87)

0.333

3.29 (1.04)

3.82 (0.82)

<  0.001

3.48 (0.89)

3.79 (0.83)

0.014

Coercion

Mean (SD)

No mental illness

Mental illness

2.56 (0.85)

3.36 (0.84)

< 0.001

2.16 (0.77)

3.01 (0.82)

< 0.001

1.88 (0.84)

2.74 (0.92)

<  0.001

2.24 (0.88)

3.29 (0.87)

<  0.001

Segregation Mean (SD)

No mental illness

Mental illness

2.06 (0.69)

3.36 (0.84)

< 0.001

1.91 (0.76)

2.49 (0.78)

< 0.001

1.69 (0.70)

2.10 (0.74)

<  0.001

2.13 (0.85)

2.79 (0.76)

<  0.001

Avoidance Mean (SD)

No mental illness

Mental illness

3.10 (0.73)

3.26 (0.75)

0.11

2.90 (0.87)

3.27 (0.73)

0.001

2.69 (0.75)

3.09 (0.73)

<  0.001

3.33 (0.74)

3.50 (0.75)

0.128

Credibility Mean (SD)

No mental illness

Mental illness

3.20 (0.67)

3.15 (0.69)

0.513

2.92 (0.63)

2.81 (0.57)

0.244

3.35 (0.54)

3.23 (0.61)

0.178

2.74 (0.51)

2.72 (0.49)

0.760